
Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator: Rafael López
Ages: 6+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-24653-1
Keywords: Read-Aloud, Reading, Diversity, First day of school
Also available in Spanish. However different children may feel from their classmates, this lyrical celebration of differences offers the promise of friendship and discovery. Colorful multimedia illustrations.